++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[RPD]

I'd consider Eli borderline elite. Not quite there but close.

Eli would be elite if he was like 15% more consistant.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Eli would be elite if he was like 15% more consistant.

That's right -- that's the only thing separating him from that category now and I think he can fix that.

 

[MotF Bane]

A lot of guys get introduced to football by their fathers. Play catch outside, watch the NFL and/or college games, get shoved into football during school.

I wish I had actually played football during high school, but at the time, my interest in the game was significantly lower.

 

[MotF Bane]

I'd consider Eli borderline elite. Not quite there but close.

His inconsistency is the problem, and it keeps him from being elite. I don't think he'll ever attain that status either. He's been playing for what, eight seasons now, he's over thirty... I think his habits and patterns are well set.

 

[RPD]

My father actually never pushed me into any sports, he doesn't follow any sports and never has.

I played soccer from K to 10th grade and transitioned to football when my aggressive play wasn't so favorable for soccer anymore.

 

[busydude]

The Pats went 16-0 in the regular season. And I'm a Pats fan, so I greatly enjoyed that season. Until the end, which will never be discussed.

Nothing wrong with Green Bay.

My nearest city is St.Louis. That team has a pretty embarrassing record in recent times.

 

[RPD]

His inconsistency is the problem, and it keeps him from being elite. I don't think he'll ever attain that status either. He's been playing for what, eight seasons now, he's over thirty... I think his habits and patterns are well set.

Eh if he locks up another ring, that is won due to him rather then defense or some dominate RB, I'd say he's elite.

 

[MotF Bane]

On the average, he plays like a good quarterback. Then he occasionally has flashes of brilliance, interspersed with some truly bone-headed throws ending in picks.

 

[RPD]

My nearest city is St.Louis. That team has a pretty embarrassing record in recent times.

It has, but part of being a fan is accepting the good AND the bad. That makes the good times SO much more enjoyable.

Plus the Rams aren't as bad as their record indicates this year.

 

[MotF Bane]

Eh if he locks up another ring, that is won due to him rather then defense or some dominate RB, I'd say he's elite.

I wouldn't say his first ring was due to him, and given the state of the Giants defense and their running game, I don't think he's going to be carrying the team to a second ring.

 

[MotF Bane]

My parents got me to play two years of baseball, three of basketball. I was awful, terribly uncoordinated, and gifted only with a long arm to propel the baseball from anywhere in the outfield back into the infield. So they stuck me in the quietest corner of the field (right field, isn't it? Behind first.) and that was it.

I did a season of winter track in high school, truncated by whooping cough, and never went back. Should've gone back to that, but I didn't. Don't really recall why. Track girls. :fap:

 

[RPD]

You could say that, but the fact those passes were caught in dramatic fashion are what any fan will remember about that superbowl.

 

[MotF Bane]

It has, but part of being a fan is accepting the good AND the bad. That makes the good times SO much more enjoyable.

Plus the Rams aren't as bad as their record indicates this year.

I've basically grown up in a golden age of Boston sports, but I know that someday, the wheels are going to come off these franchises. The Celtics (low on my give-a-damn list) are already getting quite old. The Red Sox (very low on my list) are a frequent comedy. The Patriots have been screwing up in the personnel department lately, and Brady only has a few more years. The Bruins are the best chance to last a while.

 

[RPD]

I played various other sports, baseball, basketball and I think even cross county one year. But at the end of the day I needed to hit other people, so weight training and football won my attention (now it's football and MMA, go figure).

 

[MotF Bane]

You could say that, but the fact those passes were caught in dramatic fashion are what any fan will remember about that superbowl.

What I remember is a total failure of the Patriots, both offensively and defensively. I'd go so far as to say the Giants didn't win, the Patriots lost; if that differentiation makes sense.

 

[MotF Bane]

I was a prototypical nerd until freshman year of college, when I decided weight lifting might be a good idea, and a nearby MMA gym was one of the most fun things I've ever done.

Sadly, I'm not at that school anymore, and there's no MMA gym anywhere near me. The nearest one is a forty minute drive into Boston.

 

[RPD]

I'm a Patriot hater, only because of Brady (and partly because of their coach), so I LOVED watching their perfect season go up in flames, but I just remember the helmet catch as the game altering play (which was followed up by another miracolous TD pass if I recall).

 

[MotF Bane]

In high school, I was a fast sprinter, terrible at distance or repetition, 5'11", 125 lbs. I could match the track team's sprinters for the first 100-200 yards (except for the 6'4" team captain), then I'd just fall off and be done for the day.

 

[RPD]

I was NOT a fast runner. But I was a good size, could block and could catch anything thrown at me.

 

[MotF Bane]

I'm a Patriot hater, only because of Brady (and partly because of their coach), so I LOVED watching their perfect season go up in flames, but I just remember the helmet catch as the game altering play (which was followed up by another miracolous TD pass if I recall).

Eli spinning out of the grasp of the Patriots pass rush, that couldn't bring him down, sticks out pretty vividly, along with the Pats offense topping out at a meager 14 points. Nobody could catch a damn thing.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

A lot of guys get introduced to football by their fathers. Play catch outside, watch the NFL and/or college games, get shoved into football during school.

I wish I had actually played football during high school, but at the time, my interest in the game was significantly lower.

It was always tradition in my house from as young as I can remember to watch NFL games every week. Even before we had the Colts, we watched the Cowboys and Bears.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Eli spinning out of the grasp of the Patriots pass rush, that couldn't bring him down, sticks out pretty vividly, along with the Pats offense topping out at a meager 14 points. Nobody could catch a damn thing.

The funniest thing about that game to me didn't actually happen in the game. At a pregame interview, someone told Brady that Plaxico Burress guaranteed that the Giants would hold the Pats to 17 point or under. Brady laughed smugly and said "Is Plaxico playing defense?"

I still laugh out loud when I think of him saying that and what happened in the game.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

God, that Iran thread in P&N is really pissing me off.

 

[RPD]

The funniest thing about that game to me didn't actually happen in the game. At a pregame interview, someone told Brady that Plaxico Burress guaranteed that the Giants would hold the Pats to 17 point or under. Brady laughed smugly and said "Is Plaxico playing defense?"

I still laugh out loud when I think of him saying that and what happened in the game.

Hahaha I forgot about that!!@ lmao.

 

[MotF Bane]

Narf!